Sarafand al-Kharab was mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses remain standing and one of its schools.

Ethnically cleansingby Israelis

Sarafand al-Kharab inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.

Land ownershipbefore occupation

Ethnic Group

Land Ownership (Dunums)

Arab

3,545

Jewish

1,611

Public

347

Total

5,503

Land usage in 1945

Land Usage Type

Arab (Dunum)

Jewish (Dunum)

Area planted w/ citrus

3,148

1,087

Irrigated & Plantation

49

15

Planted W/ Cereal

310

189

Built up

33

0

Cultivable

3,507

1,291

Non-Cultivable

352

320

Populationbefore occupation

Year

Population

1922

862

1931

974

1945

1,040

1948

1,206

Est. Refugees 1998

7,409

Number of houses

Year

Number of houses

1931

206

1948

255

Schools

An elementary school for boys which was founded in 1920, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 258 boys. This school was also shared with Wadi Hunayn, Bir Sa1im, and al-Nabi Rubin villages. A girls' school was also established in 1945, and when it opened its doors it had an enrollment of 46 girls (one of the schools remains standing to this date).

Water supplies

The villagers irrigated their crops from the many artesian wells they had drilled.

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi the remaining structures on the village land are:
"A major part of the village has been destroyed. Many houses, however, remain; no more than six of them, including the house of Muhammad Darwish, are occupied by Israeli families. Most of them have gable roofs and rectangular doors and windows. One house is comprised of two stories and has a slanted roof. The school is used by Israeli students. A pond and a pump house in the orchard of Mahmud Yusuf Darwish are still undamaged".